Fatality mars steeplechase race

Published 9:54 pm, Monday, August 25, 2014

#7 Demonstrative, right, with jockey Robert Walsh runs on after the final fence with the ill-fated #3 Makari falling with jockey Jack Doyle in the 73rd running of the New York Turf Writers Cup Aug, 25, 2014, at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Makari lost his footing on the other side of the fence and unseated the rider as he went to the ground. He did not get up. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

#7 Demonstrative, right, with jockey Robert Walsh runs on after the...

Beverly Steinman, left presents Mrs. Tom Voss with a bouquet of roses in the winner's circle after the 73rd running of the New York Turf Writers Cup Aug, 25, 2014 at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The race was named in honor of Tom Voss who passed away last winter. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Above, Makari and rider Jack Doyle fall to the turf after Makari stumbled after clearing the final fence in the 73rd running of the New York Turf Writers Cup on Monday at Saratoga Race Course. Makari suffered fatal injuries, but Doyle was uninjured in the spill. Makari was trained by Elizabeth Voss, the daughter of the late Tom Voss, in whose memory the race was being run. Tom Voss was a five-time national champion steeplechase trainer, winning honors in 1997, 2000-02 and 2011. He died suddenly at his home in Monkton, Md., in January. In the photo at left, Beverly Steinman, left, presents Mimi Voss, Tom Voss' widow, with a bouquet of roses in the winner's circle after the race. Demonstrative won the $150,000, Grade I race by a half-length over Barnstorming. He also won it two years ago.